Culture/People:

Iñupiaq  Search this

Previous owner:

D. M. Averill and Company  Search this

Seller:

D. M. Averill and Company  Search this

Object Name:

Ear ornament

Media/Materials:

Animal bone

Techniques:

Carved, inlaid

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Cape Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from D.M. Averill and Co. (a Portland, Oregon, publishing company and coin dealer) in 1905.

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Catalog Number:

4543

Barcode:

004543.000

See related items:

Iñupiaq

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fb16d3f0-4aa5-4a43-bad7-a53abb140779

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_4661